Poolscape #80, 2010, Photograph, Karine Laval

All prints are produced to order. Lead times between 5-10 days. Due to currency fluctuations prices may change. Please contact the gallery for more information about this print or other sizes. "Poolscape #80" is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval. It is available in this size in an Edition of 9. A native of France, Karine Laval has successfully carved out a career in the New York photography world. She produces a highly distinctive and idiosyncratic style of images both for newspaper and magazine assignments as well as for her own personal work. Her photographs are notably spontaneous and reminiscent of the photographs of masters such as Henri Cartier-Bresson or William Eggleston, with whom she shares a similar use of color as an expressive tool. This is evident in The Pool, which focuses on the leisurely environment of swimming pools in summertime. Laval’s images transport viewers into naïve atmospheres that capture the feeling as well as the substance of everyday life in the twenty-first century. Laval’s images often challenge the familiar perception we have of the world, and can be seen as a bridge between the world we live in and a more surreal and dreamlike dimension.